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CVE-2020-16846: SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability
SaltStack Salt · in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03
2021-11-03added to KEV
2022-05-03federal remediation due date
99.59%EPSS exploit probability (30 days) 99.9th percentile
9.8 CRITICALCVSS 3.1
Unknownknown ransomware use
362days from NVD publication to KEV
What it is
SaltStack Salt allows an unauthenticated user with network access to the Salt API to use shell injections to run code on the Salt API using the SSH client. This vulnerability affects any users running the Salt API.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
| CWE | CWE-78 |
|---|---|
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD published | 2020-11-06 (Analyzed) |
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